Summary: To say Nathan Hale's a man in crisis is a bit of an understatement. Having seen his way through the Chimera's onslaught on the UK, he's barely given a chance to catch his breath before he's whisked away to fight the good fight in the US, and all the while the Chimera infection that's coursing through his veins threatens to consume him. In Resistance 2 he finds himself in a game that's as mottled as his genetic make-up, on the one-hand offering a single-player campaign that's as frustrating as it is breathtaking, and on the other delivering a plethora of multiplayer options that deal in numbers unprecedented on consoles. Ultimately, though, Resistance 2 falls short of being the sum of its many parts and while it's a more than competent and colossal package, it lacks the credentials to earn itself classic status. Read Full Article

Actually I think they got it dead on. The gameplay is derivative, they took away the sectioned health bar and one-man-army arsenal of weapons. The particular worthwhile features that made Resistance: Fall of Man a bloody good game are now gone. Making it just like every other shooter out there.
Like they said: derivative.

It's redeeming features for me are probably it's Co-Op and 60 player online.

Seriously? an 8.2? Did you play it on easy or something? Do you know how to play video games like this? This and GoW2 have been out for the same amount of time, roughly. I'm done with GoW2, beat it to death, although still having a little fun with multiplayer when I can find a match and don't spend 5+ minutes searching for one. I'm still working on R2. Haven't finished the campaign yet cause I keep getting sucked into the multiplayer, especially co-op. And it takes less than 20 seconds to find a match, they way it should be. Yes, the game has a few little glitches, but nothing that has detracted from them game or caused me to have to restart, unlike some games that get better ratings this this.

Amazing how people get so wound up when a game they like gets a critical review. Are you really so insecure that you need other people to constantly validate your choices? Far from being a "bad" review this is probably one of the most balanced I have read, falling somewhere between EDGE's over critical drubbing and IGN US and IGN AU's over-praising... it certainly hits the nail on the head with regards to the single player campaign.

Next time out Insomniac should stick to there own design ideas (as found in Resistance 1 e.g. player movement, AI, health system) and not go for the "me-too-lets-make-it-like-every-other-fps" design choices.

I say all this as a big fan of Resistance 1 and as someone who thinks R2 is a good game that just isn't as enjoyable (talking single player here).

It's fairly simple. This game gets mixed reviews because some people don't understand the obvious strategy behind the battles and just charge head on into them not knowing what else to do. People who give this game a bad review SUCK AT IT HORRIBLY, and are biased

The reason this view looks dumb is because it took away points for the game doing what it was supposed to do, the AI is supposed to be ridiculously tough (on hardest difficulty), the game is supposed to look bland as the world is in a new state, and they are actually giving 8's in sections other games IGN UK equal in content reviews get 9s and 10s.

The simple fact is this is PS3's GOW2, and for them to give them both such a dramatic score difference makes you wonder if IGN UK has a bias.

The game seems to be garnering more mixed reviews than I expected after the initial IGN US review came out. I just got it yesterday and I'm gonna spend a lot of time play it this weekend, and I'm hoping I end up agreeing more with the US and Aussie reviews. I'm liking it a lot so far, though only a few hours in.

you actually think this review is spot on because you have either actually never played it or have seen it in action for approx. 1 min and are completely biased. If anyone wants to read an accurate review read IGN's AU review or US. This review is complete biased bullshit rubbish. I have played all the greatest games of all, BELIEVE ME. PC, 360, PS3, etc.. and Resistance 2 kicks serious ass. In fact it is my favorite FPS of all time right up there with Half Life, COD4, BIOShOCK, Halo, Goldeneye, and on and on.. I am a huge FPS fan and Resistance 2 is my very favorite of all time. This review makes me angry and I sincerely believe that who wrote it is not nearly worthy of being a game critic.

You should know that you are by far & large, the worst journalist at IGN. Every PS3-related article you've ever written has been so overly-critical, & overly-pessimistic that it's gotten to the point that before I click on something you've written, I already know it's going to contain a score not a little, but a lot lower than the general consensus.

You're lucky that most IGN readers don't pay attention to who writes these articles.

yaaouusaa... where did that come from? 8.2? i swear the goddamn uk reviews are getting worse by the second! first the ott scoring for the down for the count pes 2009 and now the brutal scoring of this giant title.. im beginning to lose faith in uk ign now!

OK, I haven't played the game, but I see contradictions within this review.

"Underneath all the flash it's a pretty standard shooter, but the co-op is a revelation."

That is the description of the rating gameplay. Reading that, I think 8.5 or 9. How can such a large portion of the game (co-op) be a "revelation", but the gameplay gets a score of 7.5? Really standard is kind of a problem, but "pretty standard" doesn't seem like a big issue. I don't know about you guys, but I don't want Insomniac to try to totally redefine shooters. Whenever people try to completely redefine something, bad stuff tends to happen (e.g. New Coke, the Wii, communism). Games like Halo, Half-Life, Goldeneye, and COD 4 are great for a reason, so I don't think we should throw the baby out with the bath water.

Also, the review puts way too much importance on singleplayer; it doesn't talk about multiplayer until the last 2 paragraphs. Call of Duty 4 is probably my favorite shooter ever, and yet I would say that its singleplayer game is only pretty good. The thing is, I spent 95% of my time with COD 4 playing multiplayer, so the singleplayer game didn't need to be that good. This puts almost all the importance on the singleplayer game, but that is not what people play most.

As for presentation, the review goes on and on about how "flashy" the game is, but then gives presentation an 8.0. The description, "It's as slick as you'd expect from a first-party game and the multiplayer's deftly delivered.", does not fit the score 8.0. Just so you know, my Apple dictionary defines "deft" as "demonstrating skill and cleverness". 8.0 does not match that description, so either the description is wrong, or 8.0 is wrong.

So, yeah, I haven't played the game, but this review is like an argument within itself.

I'm sorry, but all of IGN's reviews are pointless. They all very so greatly from each other that we are better off renting the game and deciding if it's worth purchasing ourselves. The IGN review process is worthless.

Don't be discouraged. R2 is a great game. You know, FPS is an American favorite format. It's often rated lower in Europe, and ignored in Japan. If this type of game got a world-wide uniform fame, I would have doubt about an independence of each reviewer and diversity of PS community... you know what I am talking about.

One thing I like about PS community is that they often have totally sprit opinions on one game, especially between countries. That is natural.
I am Japanese living in the U.S. So you can think I have kind of 'sprit' taste on a video game. I play FPS, but it's not my favorite. I played R2 and liked a lot, though I picked Valkyria Chronicles as my game of the month. The game was pretty much ignored by most of PS3 owners at here. Would I complain? A bit. But same time I would have worried about diversity of PS3 community, if everyone in the world rushed in to it. See? LBP is from UK, VC is form Japan, R2 is from USA. In PS3, it's almost impossible to get an uniform world-wide attention on single game regardless of advertisement. Because they have their own favorite games in hand already. You didn't think the UK reviewer would rate R2 higher than LBP, did you?
Sorry for the long post. have a nice holiday.

I'm sorry, but all of IGN's reviews are pointless. They all very so greatly from each other that we are better off renting the game and deciding if it's worth purchasing ourselves. The IGN review process is worthless.

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If you think there's something wrong specifically with IGN because they have three different people review the game and giving three different scores, then I think there may be something wrong with you.

Ultimately i will not be swayed by a review (unless they are particularly extreme) when purchasing a game. Its always interesting to see output from someone else, but the fact is, its down to you on whether or not you enjoy it, you needn't listen to the review if you do not want to - but its still nice to see it. For me - I will purchase this ASAP - as a major fan of the original.

8.2 man dont agree with seems way too low and unconsistent with other reviews it defiantly a 9 I mean the multiplayer was meant to be amazing. Strange how it can be so different to the other IGNers, but I am still getting the game and will decide myself

Holy shit. I'm so sick of people complaining about IGN reviews. They sit here and b*tch and b*tch if a game doesn't get a score they wanted it to. Are you stupid? You're sitting here bashing on IGN yet you have a freaking account here and are posting comments. If IGN can't review games, why do you visit it? Why do you have an account here? Stop getting your panties in a bunch clowns. You're anything but a true gamer.

Holy ****. I'm so sick of people complaining about IGN reviews. They sit here and b*tch and b*tch if a game doesn't get a score they wanted it to. Are you stupid? You're sitting here bashing on IGN yet you have a freaking account here and are posting comments. If IGN can't review games, why do you visit it? Why do you have an account here? Stop getting your panties in a bunch clowns. You're anything but a true gamer.

I 100% agree with this review. I was SO excited for this game. However, when I played it, it was frusterating at times and that itself is frusterating because it's such a graphical accomplishment. The multi-player is amazing but multi-player has never been something that makes me want to keep a game. Overall in the end, I was disappointed with Resistance 2.